Sermons on Roped Off Area:

How The Holy Spirit Gifts Us Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Mar 3, 2008

Sermon looks at the unique way the Holy Spirit SHAPES us for ministry - through our gifts, heart, abilities, personality, experiences. (Acknowledgement - work of Rick Warren in this area)

o In his autobiography Billy Martin, a former New York Yankees baseball team coach, tells the story when he and his friend Mickey Mantle were going hunting o They stopped at a farm where Mickey Mantle happened to know the farmer, asking permission to hunt on his land o The farmer no problem, you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-7

Why God Is Concerned About The People We Don’t Care About

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 12, 2014

A look at the source of God's empathy for the people we don't care about as well as some guidance on how we can become more like God in this area.

LOOKING AT PEOPLE WE DON'T LIKE: I can roll my eyes at them. - Most of us find it pretty easy to roll our eyes at people we don’t care for. - We dismiss them. We find them not worth our time. - Some of these people are those we struggle with personally. - Others are simply part of a ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

God Got A Blessing For You

Contributed by Sherman Gordon on May 15, 2005

IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS COMING UNDER ATTACK, PERHAPS YOUR CURE REST IN ONE OF THESE FOUR AREAS. GOD WANT TO BLESS YOU, BUT HE WON’T BLESS MESS.

RUTH 2:1-4 GOD GOT A BLESSING FOR YOU DR. WILLIARD HARLEY STATES THAT MOST MEN IDEA OF UTOPIA IS: AFTER WORK EACH DAY THEIR WIFE TO GREETS THEM LOVINGLY AT THE DOOR AND HIS WELL-BEHAVED CHILDREN ARE ALSO GLAD TO SEE HIM. HE ENTERS THE COMFORT OF A WELL-MAINTAINED HOME AS HIS WIFE URGES HIM TO ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 2:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Step Two - The Power To Resist Series

Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Jun 18, 2001

Submission to God is the key and reshaping our desires is the result. Then, instead of fighting off what we desire, we are able to pursue our desires.

Step Two - The Power to Resist Resistance is Futile This may sound odd at first glance, but resistance is not the key to resisting. The Bible gives the key to resisting temptation in James 4: 6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 7 ...read more

Scripture: James 4:6-8, 2 Peter 2:21-22

Denomination: Baptist

Qualities Of A Caring Fellowship

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 22, 2004

God wants to add to your fellowship, family and church the following areas: A greater sense of SIGNIFICANCE, STIMULATION, SUPPORT, STABILITY, SELF-EXPRESSIVE CONFIDENCE, SATISFACTION, SPIRITUAL DEPTH.

Qualities of a Caring Fellowship As we have opportunity, let us do good to all. --Galatians 6:10 A rainbow is a sign of God’s promise never again to destroy the earth by a flood (Gen. 9:11-17). But that was little comfort to the people of Grand Forks, North Dakota, in April of 1997. Eight ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Everybody Is Going Somewhere

Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 21, 2001

The pull of the world is so loud and overwhelming to everyone, while the church sites silently off to the side. “...and only a few find it.”

May 20, 2001 Sand Flat Baptist Church David Yarbrough “Everybody is Going Somewhere” Matthew 7:13-14 As a boy one of my favorite pass times was fishing. I grew up between two lakes that provided an abundance of opportunity for me to fish. My favorite lure was a little spinner bait called an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

New Clothes Series

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Nov 10, 2002

Believers are called to "put off" the old man and "put on" the new man. Literally, Christians exchange ashes for beauty, wrongness for righteousness.

Characteristics of Christianity pt 2 New Cothes I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10 (NLT) [Past tense] In ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:8-17, Isaiah 61:10

Denomination: Baptist

Get Into The Game! Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 4, 2006

WE need to get off the bench and get into the game. Our faith will be what we want it to be if we will follow Paul’s formula!

INTRODUCTION „X I hoped everyone enjoyed the display our young people put on for us last Sunday. I hope that everyone who attended enjoyed the performance of the youth from Lori Hallat¡¦s church last night! „X One of the things I hope you realized as you watched the young people last week and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Good Position Does Not Always Mean A Good Condition

Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Feb 14, 2002

Just because you’re in a good position, it does not mean that your soul is in a good condition. Are you following God afar off?

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: A GOOD POSITION DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN A GOOD CONDITION “For God so loved the world , that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:54-62

Denomination: Baptist

Five Reasons To Respect Jesus As Our Leader

Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 29, 2007

Taking a military analogy off of the word "Captain," this sermon discusses the courage and bravery that Jesus displayed and the respect we should accord Him

Big Idea: Jesus earned the right to be called our Captain by his courage under fire. - Hebrews 2:10. - Jesus is called the “captain of our salvation” in this verse and I want this morning to pursue the military analogy that that puts forward. - “Captain” is the Greek word “archegos” which means ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Two Americas

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Feb 20, 2008

This message compares and contrasts that godly national conception which our founders handed down, with that which is being foisted off by the revisionists of today.

TWO AMERICAS Pastor Eric J. Hanson. July of 1999 Read Romans 1:18-32, especially 24-27. The bad direction our country and our state has been headed in for over 35 years has been well documented and chronicled from this pulpit across the last twenty years. In the last year, there have been the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Have Been Raised With Christ

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Nov 13, 2009

Pentecost 11 (C) - Believers have been raised with Christ in order to put on the new self and in order to put off the old self.

“YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST” (Outline) August 16, 2009 -- PENTECOST 11 -- Colossians 3:1-11 INTRO: Today’s scripture text are words specifically pointed at believers. By grace God calls the believer out of darkness into his marvelous light! The life a believer lives after being ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Restoring The Backslider Series

Contributed by Eric Hanson on May 19, 2008

Here is a clear plan of action to help people get right with God and continue to walk with Him after having gotten off track.

RESTORING THE BACKSLIDER APRIL 2, 2000. Pastor Eric J. Hanson This is the fourth in a series which has included the following previous messages. 1. When people backslide. 2. Hidden in the Body. & 3. Hidden in the Body part 2. I. If we are to really care about restoring those who have ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:7-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Healed Forever. . . On The Inside Series

Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 7, 2009

Jesus’s first 100 days in the ministry was off to a smashing success. These healings brought so much publicity that people pursued him.

HEALED FOREVER . . . ON THE INSIDE! Mark 1:29-39 After his baptism in the Jordan River, Jesus went north to Galilee proclaiming the Good News of God, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” He made the village of Capernaum the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: Lutheran

What We Hear

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jul 5, 2011

A sermon on being more than hearers of God’s Word. It tells the story of Malchus the servant whose ear was cut off by Peter.

What We HEAR “Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus” (John 18:10). Intro: I want to talk to you today about What We HEAR. What are some of the favorite sounds that you like to hear? Maybe it ...read more

Scripture: John 18:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational